A crumbling building holds secrets that bricklayers reveal better than blueprints.
An old building in Mexico City’s Historical Center is being restored and is filled with rubble and debris. The person responsible for improving the architectonic and general appearance of the building has forced its residents to be evacuated. The stories told by a group of construction workers help the protagonist understand the significance of his decision.
Direction
Patient observation that trusts workers' stories over manufactured drama.
Cinematography
Rubble and grandeur—Mexico City's layered history in every frame.
Writing
Dialogue that honors laborers as philosophers of place.
Director
Juan Pablo Cortes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Mexico City's Centro Histórico during actual restoration work, blurring documentary and fiction. The directors used real albañiles whose own displacement stories inform the script.
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